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The answer

LEAD

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAD answer page.

Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LEAD

Every other clue in this collection answered by LEAD, most used first.

• Starring role - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Heavy metal - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Show the way - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Pencil filler - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Main role - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Conduct - used 23 times, most recently in 2004
• Go first - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Pb - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Direct - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Pencil part - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Detective's need - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Take charge - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Sinker material - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Spearhead - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Take charge on the dance floor - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Be in first place - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Element whose symbol is Pb - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Guide - used 11 times, most recently in 2003
• Coveted role - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Go ahead - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Act as a guide - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Be in charge - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Metal that stops Superman's X-ray vision - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Set the pace - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Its symbol is Pb - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Blaze a trail - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Element with the symbol Pb - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Graphite. - used 7 times, most recently in 1991
• Head up - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Solder component - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Star part - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• X-ray blocker - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• X-ray vision blocker - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Assume command - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Balloon variety - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Big part - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• "Get the ___ out!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Headliner - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hold first place - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Pb, on the periodic table - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Play the first card - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Principal role - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Stead - LIEU, used 445 times
• Secular - LAIC, used 392 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• "___ we forget" - LEST, used 354 times
• Minus - LESS, used 321 times

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